Dual purpose winter garments for small children



Jan. 26, 1965 M. R. WINKWORTH DUAL PURPOSE WINTER GARMENTS FOR SMALLCHILDREN Filed May I 23 1962 INVENTOR. MARY R. WINKWORTH I ATTORNEY thelining itself would provide.

United States Patent Office 3,166,752 Patented Jan. 26, 1965 3,166,762DUAL PURPQSE WINTER GARMENTS FUR SMALL CHILDREN Mary R. Winkworth, 4Mapleton Ave, Staten Island, N.Y. Filed May 23, 1%2, Ser. No. 197,002 1Claim. (Cl. 2-80) This invention relates to winter garments for smallchildren, of the type generally related to snow suits.

Experience has shown that in the case of snow suits, which consist of anouter weather resistant material provided with an inner lining of agenerally softer material permanently attached thereto, the outer orcovering material alone is frequently soiled while the inner liningremains perfectly clean. As a consequence in the case of such garments,the entire snow suit must be laundered, and during the time consumed bythe laundering the child is unable to enjoy the warmth and protectionwhich Further, the outer layer of material often becomes damaged orpermanently stained, thus necessitating, with consequent poor economy,discarding the entire snow suit.

An object of the present invention is therefore to provide a new, usefuland improved two-piece garment or snow suit wherein an outer full lengthgarment of weather resistant material and an inner complementary garmentof washable light weight and relatively soft material, the

r two garments being releasably attached to each other but readilymutually separable. As a consequence, when the outer garment requireswashing while the inner garment does not, the outer garment may readilybe removed while the child may continue to wear the inner one and alsomay superimpose another similar outer garment over the inner one.

Another object of the invention is the provision of suitably positionedinterengageable snap-button members on the inner and outer garments foreasy, rapid and secure interengagement or interlocking of the twogarments, as well as for simple separation of the two.

A further object of the invention is the provision of tucks in the twogarments to provide for enlargement thereof to accommodate future growthof the child.

The above as well as additional objects will become apparent in thefollowing description wherein reference numerals refer to like-numberedparts in the accompanying drawing. It is to be noted that the drawing isintended primarily for the purpose of illustration and that it istherefore neither desired nor intended to limit the inventionnecessarily to any or all of the exact details shown or described exceptinsofar as they may be deemed essential to the invention.

Referring briefly to the drawing, FIG. 1 is a front elevational view ofthe outer garment of a dual purpose snow suit embodying features of theresent invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear elevational view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the inner garment of the snowsuit.

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view of the inner garment.

FIG. 5 is a rear perspective view of a cap or hood to serve as an outercovering for the head of the child.

FIG. 6 is a similar view of a cap or hood to serve as an inner coveringfor the head.

FIG. 7 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating a detachable sockfor the outer garment.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 10 indicates the outeror covering garment of the snow suit, and the numeral 11 indicates theinner garment or lining of the same. For the purpose of simplification,those parts of the inner garment 11 which are similar to parts of thegarment 1d, and which are complementary thereto when the two garmentsare snapped together, are designated in the drawing by the samereference numeral followed by the suffix a. Thus, the legs of the twogarments are shown at 12 and 12a, the arms at 13 and 13a, and the torsosat 14 and 14a.

Referring first to the inner garment 11, snap button members 15 areprovided in circumferential arrangement around the wrists and ankles.Along both sides of the seam 16 at the front of the garment 11, in theupper portion of the same, i.e., in the torso, rows of snap buttonmembers 17 are provided. At the back the torso is provided with avertical slit or opening which is closed by overlapping the edges 18thereof in the usual manner, and closure is obtained by means of snapbuttons 19. Along both sides of this closure, rows of snap buttonmembers 20 are provided.

Referring now to the outer garment 10, the wrists and ankles areprovided with snap button members 15a complementary to the members 15 onthe inner garment, and spaced and'arranged for engagement therewith.Likewise, the front of the torso of the garment 10 has rows of snapbutton members 17a complementary to the members 17 of the garment 11,and the back of the torso 14 has snap button members 219a complementaryto the members 20 on the torso 14a. A zipper closure 21 is provided fora slit along the vertical median line of the back of the torso 14. Kneepads 32 and a seat pad 33, of plastic, are shown. Yarn double cuffs 22are provided on the sleeves of the outer garment 10, and yarn anklets 23are provided on the legs. Tufts 24 are provided in the torsos of bothgarments 10 and 11, for expansion thereof to accommodate future growthof the child.

It is apparent from the description up to this point that the innergarment 11 may be worn separatelyby the child, for example indoors whilethe outer garment is being laundered, or the outer garment 10 may beworn superimposed on the garment 11, with the various complementary snapbutton members 15 and 15a, 17 and 17a, and 2a and 26a, interlocked. Itis also apparent that the outer garment 11 may readily be released fromthe inner garment 10 for, removal thereof for cleaning or washing.

A cap or hood is also provided in dual form, an inner cap or lining 25of suitable material being worn in contact with the head, and an outercap or cover, 26, complementary to the lining 25, is interengageablewith the lining 25 by means of complementary snap button members 27 and27a. A chin strap 28 is shown attached to the hood 26. The neck of thetorso 14 has a yarn collar 34.

An added feature is shown in FIG. 7, in the form of a removable foot orsock on the anklet 23, designated by the numeral 29, whereby, when thefeet of the child get wet the foot 29 may be removed for drying. Thefoot 29 is releasably secured about the anklet 23 by threading a stringor the like 30 through both the rim of the foot and the anklet, whichstring may be tied in a knot 31 in the manner of a shoe lace.

From all of the foregoing it is apparent that a practical andeconomicaldual purpose snow suit has been set forth, which save laundering timeand costs.

While the invention has been described with particular reference to theconstruction shown in the drawing such is not to be construed as alimitation upon the invention which is best defined in the appendedclaim.

The invention having thus been described, what. is claimed and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent is as follows:

i A dual purpose snow suit composed of two unitary mutuallycomplementary garments including an outer garment of weather resistingmaterial and an inner garment of relatively soft material, each of saidgarments consisting of a torso portion having arm portions and leg 3portions integral therewith, the inner garment normally registeringentirely 'within the outer garment, the front and back portions of thetorso portion of said inner gar- 'ment having thereon spaced from thevertical median linesthereof' vertical rows of snap button members, the

front and back portions ofthe torso of saidouter garment having, thereonsimilarly spaced from the vertical median linesthereof vertical rowsof-snap button members oomplement'ary to said first namecl' snap buttonmembers for interengagement therewith to secure said torso portions toeach other, the back portions of both of said garments having slitsalong the vertical'median lines thereof and meansforreleasablyinterlocking the opposed edges of the slits,

the wrist portions of said arm portions of the inner garment and theankle portions of said leg portions of theinn'er garment each having aplurality of cireumferentially spaced snap button members thereonarranged in a circle around the wrist and ankle portions of the innergarment, the wrist portions of the arm portions of the outer garmenteachhaving a plurality of circumferentially spaced snap buttonmembers'thereon arranged'in a circle around the wrist portions of theouter garment and complementarily to the snap-button members on saidfirst-named wrist portions, the ankle portions of the leg portions ofthe outer 'garme'nti each having circumferentially spaced snap buttonmembers thereon arranged in a circle around the ankle portions of theouter garment complementarily to the snap button members on saidfirst-nanied ankle portions, said snap button members on said Wristportions and said ankle portions of said garments serving to secure theWrist portions and the ankle portions of the outer garment torespectively the wrist portions and the ankle portions of the innergarment in close mutual contact throughout the circumferences of theportions.

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